Vincas Dargis, as per
https://www.asus.com/Notebooks/N551JM/HelpDesk_Download/ an update to
your computer's buggy, insecure, and outdated BIOS is available (205).
When you update to this following
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate how does this improve the
situation?
For more on BIOS
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Title:
Asus N551JM screen brightness keys fn+F5/F6 don't work unless using
kernel parameter acpi_osi=
To manage
It did not work on 14.04, but also I did not knew that walkaround. Just
after upgrading to 16.04 I started researching more, because I was upset
that it still didn't work.
I can launch 14.04 live cd to check if it would work with walkaround on
3.13 or whatever kernel there was, if that would
Vincas Dargis, to clarify, when you were using 14.04, did the screen
brightness keys work natively without a WORKAROUND?
** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-bug-exists-
upstream-4.8-rc4
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Ok, I just tried 4.8 rc4:
vincas@vinco:~$ uname -a
Linux vinco 4.8.0-040800rc4-generic #201608312129 SMP Thu Sep 1 01:31:59 UTC
2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Still, screen back light cannot be controlled with keyboard unless I add
acpi_osi= argument.
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Vincas Dargis, to keep this relevant to upstream, one would want to test
the latest mainline kernel (now 4.8-rc4) as they are released.
Could you please advise?
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** Summary changed:
- Asus NJ551JM screen brightness fn keys not working unless acpi_osi= kernel
argument is set
+ Asus N551JM screen brightness fn keys not working unless acpi_osi= kernel
argument is set
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